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Sciences de la Terre / PILKEY, ORRIN H.

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Position

B. Duke Professor of Geology and Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) within the Division of Earth and Ocean Science at Duke University.

Thèmes de recherche

Dr. Pilkey's research centers on both basic and applied coastal geology, focusing primarily on barrier island coasts. Off Wrightsville Beach, NC, advantage is being taken of a petrographically distinct beach replenishment sand to determine paths of sand transport on the shoreface. Another ongoing project involves a detailed study of the evolution of salt marshes along various shoreline types in Pamlico and Albermarle Sounds. The goal is to understand how salt marshes in various geological settings will respond to a future rise in sea level and how this impacts on management strategies for salt marshes.

Recently, Dr. Pilkey's group, along with INGEO-MINAS, carried out the first phase of a study of the Colombian Pacific Coast barrier island chain. Future studies will involve detailed coring of selected individual islands to determine how barrier islands evolve in tectonically active areas completely away from the influences of humans.

Prix et récompenses

Francis Shepard medal for excellence in marine geology (1987)
N.C. Wildlife Federation, Conservation Educator of the Year (1991)
Honary Membership, The Society for the Study of Sediments (SEPM), (1992)
George V. Cohee, Public Service Award, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, (1992)
James H. Shea Award for exceptional contributions in editing of Earth science materials, National Association of Geology Teachers (1993)
American Geological Institute Award for outstanding contribution of The public understanding of geology (with William Neal), (1993)
Priestly Medal, Dickinson College, (2003)

Publications

BOOKS

Newton, J.G., Pilkey, O.H., and Blanton, J.O., 1971, An Oceanographic Atlas of the Carolina Continental Margin: N.C. Dept. of Conservation and Development, 57 p.

Swift, D.J.P., Duane, D.B., and Pilkey, O.H. (eds.), 1972, Shelf Sediment Transport, Process and Pattern: Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc. Stroudsberg, Pa., 656 p.

Pilkey, O.H., Pilkey, O.H., Sr., and Turner, R., 1975, How to Live With an Island: N.C. Dept. of Natural and Economic Resources, Raleigh, N.C., 191 p.

Pilkey, O.H., and Fritz, S.J. (eds.), Marine Atlas of Puerto Rico: M.J. Cerame VIVAS, Inc., San German, Puerto Rico, 139 p.

Pilkey, O.H., Neal, W.J., and Pilkey, O.H., Sr., 1978, From Currituck to Calabash: N.C. Science and Technology Research Center, Raleigh, N.C., 228 p. 2nd edition, 191 p. 3rd edition, Duke Press.

Doyle, L.J., and Pilkey, O.H. (eds.), 1979, The Geology of Continental Slopes: Soc. Econ. Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Paper No. 27, 374 p.

Kaufman, W., and Pilkey, O.H., 1979, The Beaches Are Moving: The Drowning of the American Shoreline: Anchor Doubleday, 326 p. (Book of the Month Club Alternate Selection, 1980). Paperback edition, Duke Press, 1983.

Morton, R.N., Pilkey, O.H., and Neal, W.J., 1983, Living with the Texas Shore: Duke Press, 190 p.

Pilkey, O.H., Sr., Pilkey, W.D., Pilkey, O.H., Jr., and Neal, W.J., 1984, Coastal Design, A Guide for Planners, Developers and Homeowners: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 224 p.

Pilkey, O.H., Dinesh, Sharma, Wanless, H., Doyle, L. Pilkey, O.H., Neal, W., and Gruver, B., 1984, Living with the East Florida Shore: Duke Press, 259 p.

Neal, W.J., Blakeney, C., and Pilkey, O.H., 1984, Living with the South Carolina Shore: Duke Press, 157 p.

Doyle, L.J., et. al. 1984, Living with the West Florida Shore: Duke Press, 222 p.

Kelley, J.R., Kelley, A.R., Pilkey, O.H., and Clark, A.A., 1984, Living with the Louisiana Shore: Duke Press, 164 p.

McCormick, L.R., Pilkey, O.H., Jr., Neal, W.J., and Pilkey, O.H., Sr., 1984, Living with Long Island's South Shore: Duke Press, 157 p.

Canis, W.F., Neal, W.J., Pilkey, O.H., and Pilkey, O.H., 1985, Living with the Mississippi Alabama Shore: Duke Press, 214 p.

Nordstrom, K.F., et al., 1986, Living with the New Jersey Shore: Duke Press, 191 p.

Nummedal, D., Pilkey, O.H., and Howard, J.D. (eds.), 1987, Sea Level Rise and Coastal Evolution Armstrong Price Symposium): Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication #41, 266 p.

Carter, C., et al., 1987, Living with the Lake Erie Shore: Duke Press, 263 p.

Kraus, N.C., and Pilkey, O.H. (eds), 1988, The Effects of Seawalls on the Beach: Jour. Coastal Research Spec. Issue #4, 146 p.

Kelley, J.T., Kelley, A.R., and Pilkey, O.H., 1989, Living with the Coast of Maine: Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 174 p.

Ward, Larry G., Rosen, Peter S., Neal, William J., Pilkey, Orrin H. Jr., Pilkey, Orrin H. Sr., Anderson, Gary L., and Howie, Stephen J., 1989, Living with Chesapeake Bay and Virginia's Ocean Shore: Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 236 p.

Finkl, C., and Pilkey, O.H. (eds), 1991, The Impacts of Hurricane Hugo: Sept. 10-22, 1989: Special Issue #8, Journal of Coastal Research.

Clayton, T.D., et al., 1992, Living with the Georgia Shore: Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 188 p.

Patton, P.C., and Kent, J.M., 1992, A Moveable Shore: The Fate of the Connecticut Coast: Pilkey, O.H. and Neal, W.J. (eds), Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 143 p.

Bush, D.M., et al., 1995, Living with the Puerto Rico Shore: Pilkey, O.H. and Neal, W.J. (eds), Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 193 p.

Pilkey, O.H., and Dixon, K.L., 1996, The Corps and the Shore: Island Press, Washington, DC, 272 p.

Bush, D.M., Pilkey, O.H., and Neal, W.J., 1996, Living by the Rules of the Sea, Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 179 p.

Lennon, J., Neal, W.J., Bush, D.M., Pilkey, O.H., Stutz, M.L., and Bullock, J., 1996, Living with the South Carolina Coast: 2nd Edition (revised), Duke Univ. Press, 241 p.

Mason, O., Pilkey, O.H., and Neal, W.J., 1996, Living with the Alaska Coast: Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 348 p.

Pilkey, O.H., Neal, W.J., Riggs, S.R., Webb, C.A., Bush, D.M., Bullock, J., and Cowan, B., 1998, The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC, 318 p.

Bush, D.M., Longo, N. J., Neal, W.J., Esteves, L.S., Pilkey, O.H., Pilkey, D.F. and Webb, C.A., 2001, Living on the Edge of the Gulf: Duke Press, Durham, N.C. 340 p.

Pilkey, O.H. and Fraser M.E., 2003, A Celebration of the Woirlds Barrier Islands: Columbia Univ. Press, N.Y., N.Y.,309 p

Bush D.M.and 7 others, 2004, Living With Florida’s Atlantic Beaches. Duke Press, 338 p.

Pilkey, O.H., Rice, T.M. and Neal, W.J., 2004, How to Read a North Carolina Beach:, Univ. Of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N.C., 162 p